Phil Maton
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 206LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2015 | Rd: 20, #597, San Diego Padres | Louisiana Tech

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 1 1.26 25 0 0 28.2 31 0.70
7 Seasons 12 10 4.24 301 1 1 309.2 355 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 25 0-1 1.26 28.2 31 0.70
7 Seasons 301 12-10 4.24 309.2 355 1.31

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 24 730 119 9 7.6 5.0 87.9 111.4 9.4 29.4 .229 .411 .331 .305 .377 35.7 25.6 7.8 4.19 3.98
2018 25 849 134 3 2.2 1.4 85.8 109.2 18.4 32.8 .204 .306 .331 .273 .311 27.7 25.7 10.7 4.37 3.11
2019 26 608 116 6 5.2 3.7 86.8 107.4 11.6 37.1 .265 .421 .338 .324 .372 28.4 20.2 7.4 6.14 4.66
2020 27 379 54 1 1.9 1.0 82.7 106.6 13.2 33.3 .205 .270 .314 .254 .328 27.8 33.3 6.3 4.57 2.68
2021 28 1174 174 13 7.5 4.4 88.0 112.4 12.9 37.4 .209 .342 .335 .294 .350 32.8 28.6 10.8 4.72 3.63
2022 29 1089 176 11 6.3 3.9 85.1 110.2 14.2 39.2 .246 .383 .321 .320 .385 29.5 25.8 9.2 3.84 4.28
2023 30 397 68 4 5.9 3.8 83.1 108.0 12.2 33.8 .189 .293 .202 .241 .302 22.1 29.2 3.8 1.26 2.32
Player 5226 841 47 5.6 3.5 86.1 112.4 13.3 35.3 .224 .355 .319 .294 .353 29.9 26.5 8.7
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Maton relies on 5 pitches.
Curveball
(43.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(29%) ,
Sweeper
(20.4%) ,
Sinker
(6.3%) ,
Cutter
(1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 47.1 26.9 21.0 5.0 34.5 33.6 31.9 3.4 34.5 23.5 23.5 4.2 7.6 5.0
2018 37.3 26.1 25.4 11.2 42.5 30.6 26.9 4.5 26.9 33.6 20.9 7.5 2.2 1.4
2019 46.6 23.3 25.9 4.3 36.2 34.5 29.3 2.6 35.3 24.1 25.9 5.2 5.2 3.7
2020 44.4 18.5 25.9 11.1 27.8 33.3 38.9 13.0 27.8 24.1 27.8 5.6 1.9 1.0
2021 39.7 28.2 27.0 5.2 35.6 33.3 31.0 3.4 31.6 29.3 21.8 6.3 7.5 4.4
2022 38.6 25.0 29.0 7.4 44.9 31.8 23.3 6.8 26.1 27.8 29.0 4.0 6.3 3.9
2023 45.6 30.9 19.1 4.4 41.2 32.4 26.5 4.4 33.8 27.9 20.6 7.4 5.9 3.8
Player 41.9 25.9 25.4 6.8 38.5 32.7 28.8 4.9 30.6 27.7 24.3 5.6 5.6 3.5
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Cutter HOU R 4 87.6 29.3 -1.1 -4 8.2 4.6 124
2023 4-Seamer HOU R 115 89.5 22.3 -3.8 -20 3.5 -10.2 -152
2023 Sweeper HOU R 81 80.4 38.3 -2.1 -5 17.7 2.5 17
2023 Sinker HOU R 25 88.5 24.5 -3.8 -13 10.1 -5.2 -34
2023 Curveball HOU R 172 73.8 61.4 1.6 3 19.3 5.6 40
2022 Curveball HOU R 344 74.5 58.9 0.1 0 19.9 6.1 44
2022 Sweeper HOU R 196 80.9 37.6 -2.0 -5 17.8 1.5 9
2022 Sinker HOU R 71 90.2 24.7 -1.4 -5 15.2 0.0 0
2022 Changeup HOU R 1 84.2 21.3 -15.9 -43 4.9 -10.1 -67
2022 4-Seamer HOU R 469 91.0 16.9 0.6 3 1.3 -6.7 -84
2022 Cutter HOU R 7 82.4 31.1 1.6 5 9.3 5.7 160
2021 Cutter HOU R 85 88.0 32.8 -5.7 -21 6.3 4.4 219
2021 Curveball HOU R 284 76.0 57.6 2.3 4 19.0 6.1 47
2021 Slider HOU R 170 82.3 47.5 8.0 20 15.0 7.0 87
2021 Sweeper HOU R 58 81.3 39.8 -1.7 -4 16.8 0.0 0
2021 4-Seamer HOU R 577 91.5 19.1 -2.3 -14 0.8 -7.9 -111
2020 Cutter CLE R 118 85.4 38.2 -7.6 -25 10.2 7.2 236
2020 Slider CLE R 2 82.2 51.3 10.7 26 15.9 9.2 137
2020 Curveball CLE R 77 76.7 57.6 2.9 5 17.9 5.5 45
2020 4-Seamer CLE R 176 93.5 17.5 -2.0 -13 0.5 -7.2 -94
2020 Sinker CLE R 6 92.4 23.4 1.0 5 10.7 -4.0 -27
2019 Slider CLE R 44 81.5 49.4 8.6 21 15.0 6.9 85
2019 Curveball CLE R 115 77.0 52.6 -2.6 -5 17.8 5.4 44
2019 4-Seamer CLE R 347 91.0 20.4 -2.7 -16 1.1 -8.7 -115
2019 Cutter CLE R 101 85.0 39.9 -8.6 -27 9.8 7.0 250
2018 Cutter SD R 20 85.6 39.6 -9.9 -34 9.3 6.4 221
2018 4-Seamer SD R 509 91.0 19.6 -2.3 -13 0.8 -7.5 -112
2018 Curveball SD R 304 78.2 49.9 -3.8 -7 17.4 6.4 58
2017 4-Seamer SD R 541 92.7 17.5 -2.1 -14 6.1 -1.9 -24
2017 Curveball SD R 162 80.4 44.9 -3.7 -8 14.1 4.7 50
2017 Changeup SD R 10 83.6 32.4 1.5 5 17.4 4.0 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Curveball -4.5 -8 172 43.3 54 .098 .118 .129 32.6 38.9 29.2 .134 .200 .176 13.3
2023 4-Seamer -0.1 0 115 29.0 27 .208 .375 .298 28.3 25.9 28.0 .244 .376 .313 35.3
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -2 81 20.4 21 .238 .286 .231 29.5 14.3 30.0 .245 .374 .267 16.7
2023 Sinker -0.5 0 25 6.3 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 -- .348 .807 .559 100.0
2023 Cutter 18.4 1 4 1.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 -- .154 .329 .203 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.7 3 469 43.1 113 .253 .384 .331 29.5 28.3 25.2 .243 .377 .316 30.4
2022 Curveball -0.7 -2 344 31.6 101 .165 .341 .286 32.0 29.7 23.8 .199 .293 .286 23.2
2022 Sweeper -0.1 0 196 18.0 52 .319 .553 .390 33.7 17.3 20.5 .324 .517 .384 33.3
2022 Sinker -0.9 -1 71 6.5 12 .250 .250 .375 9.1 16.7 40.0 .255 .285 .239 40.0
2022 Cutter 20.2 1 7 0.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .470 1.879 .976 50.0
2022 Changeup 32.0 0 1 0.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seamer 0.1 0 577 49.1 130 .206 .412 .338 37.8 33.1 24.0 .197 .355 .323 30.6
2021 Curveball 0.7 2 284 24.2 87 .237 .362 .294 40.4 35.6 23.7 .204 .295 .253 24.5
2021 Slider 0.9 2 170 14.5 41 .378 .541 .410 30.5 19.5 23.5 .237 .423 .308 40.0
2021 Cutter -2.3 -2 85 7.2 16 .231 .385 .356 18.2 0.0 0.0 .320 .478 .400 50.0
2021 Sweeper 5.0 3 58 4.9 23 .364 .545 .446 17.6 13.0 21.4 .165 .231 .194 36.8
2020 4-Seamer -1.9 -3 176 46.4 48 .295 .341 .317 38.1 41.7 29.4 .215 .257 .248 33.3
2020 Cutter 1.2 1 118 31.1 26 .227 .364 .321 37.7 26.9 29.2 .204 .323 .299 33.3
2020 Curveball 3.2 2 77 20.3 21 .250 .450 .317 32.4 23.8 20.8 .184 .239 .208 13.3
2020 Sinker 0.2 0 6 1.6 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Slider -1.6 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 1.6 5 348 57.2 83 .329 .592 .424 19.1 20.5 20.2 .299 .491 .356 35.0
2019 Curveball -0.3 0 115 18.9 38 .161 .323 .284 36.8 26.3 23.8 .215 .324 .304 9.1
2019 Cutter -1.3 -1 101 16.6 29 .250 .429 .334 29.4 10.3 9.4 .278 .431 .318 32.0
2019 Slider -2.6 -1 44 7.2 13 .083 .333 .208 27.3 23.1 15.8 .157 .208 .201 22.2
2018 4-Seamer 0.5 2 509 60.0 123 .284 .471 .381 26.1 20.3 18.2 .225 .371 .324 32.9
2018 Curveball 0.4 1 304 35.8 80 .257 .338 .296 43.9 35.0 27.5 .179 .227 .207 17.0
2018 Cutter 1.5 0 20 2.4 6 .167 .167 .150 50.0 33.3 33.3 .158 .172 .148 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.3 7 541 74.1 143 .262 .531 .373 23.0 23.1 18.1 .239 .453 .327 36.1
2017 Curveball -2.1 -3 162 22.2 31 .138 .138 .161 49.3 41.9 22.8 .185 .232 .214 31.3
2017 Changeup -0.2 0 10 1.4 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .258 .276 .237 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 61 76.7 92 23.3 7:45 7:45 0
2020 Cutter 100 85.6 53 10.8 8:30 8:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 158 93.5 72 12.9 12:45 12:00 45
2021 Curveball 270 76.0 92 23.7 7:45 8:00 -15
2021 Cutter 85 88.0 36 7.3 10:30 9:15 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 575 91.5 63 12.8 12:45 11:45 60
2021 Slider 169 82.3 69 18.4 8:15 8:00 15
2021 Sweeper 58 81.3 61 17.9 8:30 9:00 -30
2022 Curveball 320 74.5 94 24.4 7:45 8:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 450 91.0 66 15.6 12:45 12:15 30
2022 Sinker 71 90.2 77 18.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Sweeper 188 80.9 62 19.2 8:30 9:15 -45
2023 Curveball 172 73.8 97 24.6 7:45 8:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 115 89.5 52 11.6 12:15 11:15 60
2023 Sinker 25 88.5 61 14.4 1:00 1:30 -30
2023 Sweeper 80 80.4 64 18.9 8:30 9:15 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 176 713 -5 2 5 2 4
2018 209 833 -4 1 3 4 4
2019 163 608 0 -6 5 4 3
2020 107 412 0 -6 4 1 -2
2021 345 1,354 -1 -16 8 9 0
2022 281 1,088 -1 -13 6 9 2
2023 106 397 -10 -4 2 2 -10
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 730 54.8 68.3 74.9 28.0 55.6 46.4 60.6 49.9 28.3 7.6 81.5
2018 849 46.9 69.8 76.6 26.2 44.8 41.9 62.6 47.0 32.8 6.0 72.0
2019 608 50.8 70.2 83.9 30.4 53.8 38.7 65.0 50.7 24.7 6.7 78.0
2020 379 51.5 69.2 67.4 28.3 48.1 45.1 65.6 49.3 36.9 7.4 53.6
2021 1,174 48.5 67.8 74.9 31.7 45.3 40.2 61.6 49.2 34.8 7.8 79.3
2022 1,089 47.7 67.8 77.8 31.1 51.4 43.3 58.5 48.6 30.1 6.9 85.3
2023 397 53.1 67.8 76.9 29.0 51.9 39.8 67.9 49.6 29.9 10.3 63.4
Player 5,226 49.8 68.6 76.4 29.6 49.5 42.1 62.2 49.0 31.1 7.3 76.1
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2017 50 97 91 96
2018 86 85 93 92 63 99 98 94 95 71 16 92 28 24 98 84 98
2019 9 99 77 96
2020 93 81 97 99 75 97 98 99 93 91 78 94 55 17 97 92 94
2021 71 83 82 74 56 67 53 68 89 81 20 95 85 21 94 95 96
2022 31 40 47 56 18 72 69 97 98 69 30 80 68 16 93 97 98
2023 97 91 92 85 98 73 74 99 99 83 96 76 54 8 94 98 97
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.0 10 8.7 1 2 6 4 40.0
2018 23.9 3 4.4 -1 0 3 2 66.7
2019 22.6 7 5.5 2 2 5 3 42.9
2020 21.8 1 0.7 0 2 1 0 0.0
2021 23.2 7 7.9 -1 4 6 4 57.1
2022 24.0 10 9.3 1 0 5 6 60.0
2023 23.8 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.3 39 37.4 2 10 27 19 48.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 10 9 10 8 10 8 10 8 8 6 9 11 7 9 8 8 7 6 10 9 9 9 12 8 7 5 10 12 9 10 8
2018 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
2019 7 8 5 5 8 5 8 4 6 3 4 8 4 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 4 8 8 6 3 3 6 8 7 5 5
2020 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2021 7 11 5 8 8 7 10 7 5 5 7 11 8 6 7 10 7 6 9 9 7 10 11 10 6 6 11 9 6 6 8
2022 10 11 8 9 9 10 10 10 8 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 11 8 11 11 10 7 9 10 10 8 9
2023 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 39 45 31 38 41 37 45 36 33 26 33 48 33 34 37 38 33 33 40 43 36 41 50 41 32 26 42 44 37 35 35
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 90.8 -1.9 89.6 -1.2 90.3 0.7 91.1 0.8 90.8 -0.3 89.3 -1.5
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 80.4 78.2 -2.2 78.3 0.1 76.8 -1.5 78.7 1.9 76.8 -1.9 75.9 -0.9
Exit Velocity 87.9 85.8 -2.1 86.8 1.0 82.7 -4.1 88.0 5.3 85.1 -2.9 83.1 -2.0
Launch Angle 9.4 18.4 9.0 11.6 -6.8 13.2 1.6 12.9 -0.3 14.2 1.3 12.2 -2.0
Barrel % 7.6 2.2 -5.4 5.2 3.0 1.9 -3.3 7.5 5.6 6.3 -1.2 5.9 -0.4
Hard Hit % 35.7 27.7 -8.0 28.4 0.7 27.8 -0.6 32.8 5.0 29.5 -3.3 22.1 -7.4
Sweet Spot % 29.4 32.8 3.4 37.1 4.3 33.3 -3.8 37.4 4.1 39.2 1.8 33.8 -5.4
xBA .229 .204 -0.025 .265 0.061 .205 -0.060 .209 0.004 .246 0.037 .189 -0.057
BA .248 .269 0.021 .259 -0.010 .267 0.008 .256 -0.011 .237 -0.019 .162 -0.075
xwOBA .305 .273 -0.032 .324 0.051 .254 -0.070 .294 0.040 .320 0.026 .241 -0.079
wOBA .331 .331 0.000 .338 0.007 .314 -0.024 .335 0.021 .321 -0.014 .202 -0.119
xSLG .411 .306 -0.105 .421 0.115 .270 -0.151 .342 0.072 .383 0.041 .293 -0.090
SLG .467 .403 -0.064 .483 0.080 .372 -0.111 .425 0.053 .408 -0.017 .222 -0.186
K% 25.6 25.7 0.1 20.2 -5.5 33.3 13.1 28.6 -4.7 25.8 -2.8 29.2 3.4
BB% 7.8 10.7 2.9 7.4 -3.3 6.3 -1.1 10.8 4.5 9.2 -1.6 3.8 -5.4
Swing % 49.9 47.0 -2.9 50.7 3.7 49.3 -1.4 49.2 -0.1 48.6 -0.6 49.6 1.0
Whiff% 28.3 32.8 4.5 24.7 -8.1 36.9 12.2 34.8 -2.1 30.1 -4.7 29.9 -0.2
In Zone % 54.8 46.9 -7.9 50.8 3.9 51.5 0.7 48.5 -3.0 47.7 -0.8 53.1 5.4
Out of Zone % 45.2 53.1 7.9 49.2 -3.9 48.5 -0.7 51.5 3.0 52.3 0.8 46.9 -5.4
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 26.2 -1.8 30.4 4.2 28.3 -2.1 31.7 3.4 31.1 -0.6 29.0 -2.1
First Pitch Swing % 30.0 34.1 4.1 33.1 -1.0 31.3 -1.8 35.0 3.7 28.7 -6.3 30.2 1.5
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 62.6 2.0 65.0 2.4 65.6 0.6 61.6 -4.0 58.5 -3.1 67.9 9.4
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 177 .331 103 4 3.9 74 11 14.9
2018 209 .333 117 1 0.9 92 23 25.0
2019 163 .338 98 3 3.1 65 11 16.9
2020 93 .321 46 3 6.5 47 20 42.6
2021 292 .334 162 13 8.0 130 85 65.4
2022 281 .321 145 35 24.1 136 110 80.9
2023 106 .202 52 0 0.0 54 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo